PERSONAL DATA: Born August 24, 1944, in Detroit, Michigan.
He is survived by his wife, Marcia. Greg Jarvis was an avid squash player and
bicycle rider. He also enjoyed cross country skiing, backpacking, racquet ball,
and white water river rafting. For relaxation, he played the classical guitar.

AWARDS: Posthumously awarded the Congressional Space
Medal of Honor.

EDUCATION: Graduated from Mohawk Central High School,
Mohawk, New York, 1962; received a bachelor of science degree in electrical
engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1967; a masters degree
in electrical engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1969.
Mr. Jarvis also completed all of the course work for a masters degree in management
science, West Coast University, Los Angeles, California.

EXPERIENCE: While pursuing his masters degree at Northeastern,
Mr. Jarvis worked at Raytheon in Bedford Massachusetts, where he was involved
in circuit design on the SAM-D missile. In July 1969, he entered active duty
in the Air Force and was assigned to the Space Division in El Segundo, California.
As a Communications Payload Engineer, in the Satellite Communications Program
Office, he worked on advanced tactical communications satellites. He was involved
in the concept formulation, source selection, and early design phase of the
FLTSATCOM communications payload. After being honorably discharged from the
Air Force in 1973, with the rank of Captain, he joined Hughes Aircraft Companys
Space and Communications group, where he worked as a Communications Subsystem
Engineer on the MARISAT Program. In 1975, he became the MARISAT F-3 Spacecraft
Test and Integration Manager. In 1976, the MARISAT F-3 was placed in geosynchronous
orbit. Jarvis became a member of the Systems Applications Laboratory in 1976,
and was involved in the concept definition for advanced UHF and SHF communications
for the strategic forces. Joining the Advanced Program Laboratory in 1978, he
began working on the concept formulation and subsequent proposal for the SYNCON
IV/LEASAT Program. In 1979, he became the Power/Thermal/Harness Subsystem Engineer
on the LEASAT Program. In 1981, he became the Spacecraft Bus System Engineering
and in 1982, the Assistant Spacecraft System Engineering Manager. He was the
Test and Integration Manager for the F-1, F-2, and F-3 spacecraft and the cradle
in 1983, where he worked until the shipment of the F-1 spacecraft and cradle
to Cape Kennedy for integration into the Orbiter. Both the F-1 and F-2 LEASAT
spacecraft have successfully achieved their geosynchronous positions. Mr. Jarvis
worked on advanced satellite designs in the Systems Application Laboratory.
He was selected as a payload specialist candidate in July 1984.